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Acid mine drainage in South Africa = development actors, policy impacts, and broader implications /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Acid mine drainage in South Africa/ by Suvania Naidoo.
Reminder of title:	development actors, policy impacts, and broader implications /
Author:	Naidoo, Suvania.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xii, 128 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Acid mine drainage - South Africa. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44435-2
ISBN:	9783319444352

Acid mine drainage in South Africa = development actors, policy impacts, and broader implications /
Naidoo, Suvania.

Acid mine drainage in South Africadevelopment actors, policy impacts, and broader implications /[electronic resource] :by Suvania Naidoo. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xii, 128 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in environmental science,2191-5547. - SpringerBriefs in environmental science..

1. Overview of AMD in South Africa -- 2. Global context of AMD -- 3. Water, Mining, and Development in South Africa -- 4. The Nature of Acid Mine Drainage in the Vaal River System -- 5. The Policy Response to Acid Mine Drainage in the Gold-Mining Sector -- 6. Socio-economic Impact of Acid Mine Drainage -- 7. AMD and a Sustainable Future for South Africa?

This SpringerBrief focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins in the Witwatersrand, South Africa. It provides a background to AMD and its impactsfrom a social science perspective.The South African government and non-governmental organizations' response to AMD is assessed, as well the socio-economic and developmental effects of AMD. This volume, which is based on the author's Master's dissertation at UNISA, involves interviews with a range of experts in the field from government departments, environmental organisations (activists), the private sector (mining), tourism sector and the agricultural sector. The book discusses existing policy documents on AMD and provides recommendations in response to the many socio-economic impacts which have not been fully addressed. A literature review on the global context of AMD is provided. South Africa's water systems are already severely harmed by climate change, different forms of pollution, and poorly managed sanitation systems. For these reasons, the country is becoming increasingly water-stressed and therefore, water will continue to become much scarcer in the future. As a result of AMD's continued impact on South Africa's water systems, as a technical or scientific matter as well as the policy implications for the mining sector, water security and socio-economic sustainability has become a highly contested issue.

ISBN: 9783319444352

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-44435-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1247911
Acid mine drainage
--South Africa.

LC Class. No.: TD899.M5

Dewey Class. No.: 628.16832

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